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Dima Hilal will read her poetry at Cal State
LA in November 2008. Her visit is made
possible by the Center for Contemporary
Poetry and Poetics, the Cross Cultural Centers, the Department of English,
the College of Arts and Letters, the Center for the Study of
Genders and Sexualities, and the National Endowment for
the Arts.

Hilal's poetry reading will take place on Monday,
November 10, 2008 at 6pm in the Los Angeles Room (3rd
floor)

photo credit: Nicole Caldwell

of the University Student Union. Admission is free and
open to the public.

Dima Hilal is a poet and writer, born in Beirut and
raised in California, where she studied at the University
of California at Berkeley .

Her work has appeared in various publications,
including the San Francisco Chronicle, Orion literary
journal, Aramco, The Poetry of Arab Women: A
Contemporary Anthology, edited by Nathalie Handal
(Interlink Books, 2001) and Scheherazade's Legacy:
Arab and Arab American Women on Writing, edited by
Susan Muaddi Darraj (Praeger, 2004).

Her numerous readings include radio appearances on KPFA,
KXLU and KPFK. She has been featured at the

photo credit: Jon Ingalls

Beyond Baroque
Cultural Center, World Stage, Levantine Cultural Center,
Autry Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She
has been invited to lecture and read at venues such as UC
Berkeley, the Association of Writers and Writing Program's
Annual Conferences and the Alexandria Library in Egypt.

Last year, her libretto, Raheel, was a
finalist in the Oakland East Bay Symphony's Words and
Music Project.

Hilal currently resides in Dana Point, California where
she is working on a collection of poetry.

Dima Hilal's visit is made
possible by the Center for Contemporary
Poetry and Poetics, the Cross Cultural Centers, the
Department of English, the
College of Arts and Letters, the Center for the Study of
Genders and Sexualities, and the National Endowment for
the Arts.